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In the face of a rusty political machinery among ordinary people, the governing Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) also wants its Civic component to become more involved in political work. That was one of the recommendations of the committee that discussed Party Organising at the 30th PPP Congress that entered its penultimate day on Saturday at the JC Chandisingh Secondary School, ...

Police were Saturday morning probing an alleged murder-suicide involving a man and his wife at Mahaica, East Coast Demerara. Dead are Angela Richmond and Ryan James. James, a former soldier, allegedly clobbered his wife with a hammer before drinking poison. A subsequent police release stated that Richmond’s body bore multiple stab wounds. James was a former soldier in the Guyana ...

As delegates to the Peoples Progressive Party’s (PPP) 30th Congress prepare to Saturday discuss parliament and elections, President Donald Ramotar says the tattered organisational machinery that led to the party losing its parliamentary majority must be fixed. Delivering the General Secretary’s Report at the August 2-4 event being held at the J.C. Chandisingh Secondary School, Port Mourant, Ramotar attributed the ...

Two Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) officers and a security agent attached to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) were Friday refused bail for allegedly conspiring with others to ship 11.4 kilos of cocaine via the airport last weekend. It is alleged that on Saturday July 27, the trio , Anthony Thomas , Ravindra Singh , called “Ravi” and Gregory Loo, ...

Guyana’s governing Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) on Friday opened its 30th Congress at Port Mourant, Corentyne, leaving middle-level leaders to stridently signal that fresh elections could be on the horizon to resolve 21-month long political gridlock. Chairman of the PPP’s Region Six branch, Dr. Vishwa Mahadeo highlighted that the one-seat parliamentary majority by the Alliance For Change (AFC) and A ...

The Alliance For Change (AFC) says it is ready to support the hydro-electric bill but is calling for the motion to increase the debt ceiling to be tied specifically to the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) in order to avoid giving the government a blank slate to go borrow. The AFC and APNU two weeks ago voted against the Hydro-Electric ...

The body of a Mocha youth who went missing earlier this week was found Friday morning in the backdam of the East Bank Demerara village. Delon Melville, 25, of Nelson Street, Mocha, was last seen alive by his family on Monday. Demerara Waves Online News understands that the partly decomposed body was found around 6AM by several individuals who were ...

(GINA) Over the past three days, about 300 Cuban trained Guyanese have returned from the Spanish-speaking island to serve their country. Two hundred medical doctors arrived at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Timehri on Wednesday while on Tuesday a batch of 99 graduates comprising agronomists and engineers returned. Minister of Public Service Dr Jennifer Westford was at hand to ...

A man Thursday night went berserk and chopped his wife and three of their children at their Sophia home. Initial reports suggest that the angry man, Shawn Fordyce, did not want his wife, 47-year old Dorothy Blackman, to go out. Blackman is said to be a newspaper vendor on Orange Walk, Georgetown. When she opted to send someone to buy ...

The drowning of a three-year old child, killing of an elderly man and the shooting of a businessman during a robbery of a supermarket are among incidents on Thursday’s police blotter. Investigators said the boy-Doukuan Edwards of Industry, East Coast Demerara- was found in the creek at Marudi, Soesdyke/Linden Highway at about 9 AM Thursday. Police said they are investigating an ...